Green tea crème brûlée, blow torch optional
I tried using the broiler to melt the sugar, but got a much better result using a $20 blowtorch from Lowe’s.
Go ahead, make the jalapeno cheese dip Alaska can’t stop eating
It’s cheesy, hot, smoky. When you get near it, you can’t step away, and if you’re alone with it, and, say, a bag of Juanita’s corn chips, things might get a little out of hand.
Japanese-style savory Alaska cabbage pancakes
I know. Cabbage isn’t sexy. But these savory pancakes will please a crowd.
Bacon-fat biscuits with apple, white cheddar and rosemary
These perfect breakfast biscuits are sweet and salty, rich, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Alaska village-style doughnuts
Flour, sugar and oil came to Alaska Native communities with contact. Doughnuts and fry bread were then adopted and adapted as Alaska Native traditional foods. They aren’t all that healthy, but they are what celebrations taste like.
I (heart) Spam musubi (and the musubi ‘McMuffin’)
Spam musubi Anchorage’s favorite portable, affordable snack is easy to make. (It’s also gluten-free!)
Russian-influenced salmon pot pie (aka pirok) with parmesan-thyme crust
This show-stopping dish has taken on a life of its own in coastal Alaska, with lots of regional variations.